Nobody had really questioned her second tail beyond a few people asking her if she'd always had two tails. Apparently just saying that it was part of her quirk to grow more tails was a good answer and that people would just accept things if it was related to quirks. Which was good, it made things easy. Hopefully she wouldn't grow a new tail anytime soon.
Maybe her quirk was related to a Nine Tailed fox myth? But that was odd because those were magical but they didn't grant wishes. Still, nine being her upper limit, just kind of felt like it'd be right. Not that she wanted that many tails, she still had no idea what activated her quirk. Also having two tails was weird. Having more would probably weirder.
It was like growing an extra arm that had a mind of it's own and really liked to knock stuff over.
Pulling on her sweater so that it kept her waist covered - it had fit last year - she adjusted to make sure everything was contained. She missed being able to wear sundresses, and skirts, and other girly things. But the sundresses and skirts that were designed for tails had the unfortunate effect of showing off just a bit to much of her butt.
"I guess it's fine, it's too cold for dresses anyways." Izumi muttered to herself and pulled out her phone. Still, it would have been nice to dress up for her first official date with Mirio, but he did say to wear stuff she'd be comfortable in.
"Izumi!" She turned to see Mirio running over to her, he was dressed in an off white fluffy sweater that just looked so warm and cozy on him. A tuft of his blonde hair stuck out from his blue beanie. He looked like a goofball. A cute goof ball that she was totally enamoured with, but a goofball all the same.
He came to a stop right in front of her, his breath steaming in the barely chilled air. "You didn't have to wait for me outside."
"I know," She took a long step to the side, both hands behind her back as she smiled up at him. "But, I wanted to."
Besides there was a halfway decent chance her classmates might try and stop this. They were weirdly protective of her.
"So, I finally agreed to an official date with you," the warmth of her cheeks barely fought off the cold. She'd been looking forward to this since well before she had actually said yes. She knew that Mirio liked her, and that she had grown to like him as well. That and he was a giant muscle bound hottie with a heart of gold.
Seriously! Those muscles!
"Where are you going to take me?"
He grabbed her hand, eyes brimming with his usual brand of mischief. "It's not far, now hold on tight."
"Wait? Hold on? I swear if you pick me up again I'll-" She squeaked when he picked her up again and started running. Why was she so small? It wasn't fair she could bench a car but everybody in the world could pick her up like she was a sack of potatoes and then run with her. "Mirio!"
His cackling put a smile on her face.
Before she could really protest further they came to a stop still inside U.A. in front of one of the other dorms.
"Welcome to our date." Mirio placed her down gently and swung an arm out towards the building. He wiggled his eyebrows fiercely.
"The spare dorms?" She asked looking at the entrance way.
"Correct, but not just any spare dorms." He grabbed her hand this time leading her inside. "But this just aren't any spare dorms. These are also where Eri stays."
He pushed opened the door revealing a common area similar to the one that she was used to in her own dorms, but there were stacks of pillows and blankets, and the T.V. was showing a lit fireplace. Stumbling out from behind the couch was Eri who was carrying a set of blankets larger than she was.
Eri tripped falling on to the blanket she was holding and looked up to see them. A smile appeared on her face as she stood back up. "Izumi! Are you here to help us make a blanket fort?"
She squeezed Mirio's hand and glared at him. "Sometimes you're so sweet I want to punch you."
"Sure thing Eri, do you know how you want it to look." She and Mirio walked over to the little girl who was already dressed in a set of Pjs her long ashen hair was free about her head.
"Big! And umm, fluffy!"
Mirio laughed as he moved to grab some of the cushions. "Aizawa-sensei is out tonight, so it'll just be us three, I have movies, dinner, and hot chocolate all set up."
Those were like all of her favorite things!
Once their fort of ultimate fluffiness was created, and their movie selected they ate a healthy meal prepared by Mirio, before they had mugs of hot chocolate for dessert. It was an odd date, but that didn't stop her from enjoying herself. Mirio had planned everything out perfectly.
It was well past dark by the time they finished their second movie. All three of them were laying under their fort, with Eri in the center.
Through the darkness illuminated only by the lights outside and the credits of the movie she saw Mirio looking at her then down at Eri.
"I think she's asleep." He whispered softly, pushing a bit of Eri's hair out of her eyes.
Eri was on her side, snoring softly as she was nearly curled into a ball. She looked so cute when she was asleep.
She nodded towards Mirio. "She is."
"Great," He moved out of the fort with great ease despite his great size, and squatted in front of her smiling. "Come with me for a minute."
She took his hand and looked towards Eri. "Are we allowed to leave her alone?"
"Of course, she's our guest here not our prisoner." He pulled her out from the covers with great ease, before patting Eri on the head. "I'm going to sleep out here with her tonight, I think that she'd like waking up in her fort."
"Oh, I'm sure she'd enjoy that," She allowed him to guide her around back to the set of stairs leading upwards. "Where are we going?"
"The roof."
Four flights of stairs vanished from her memory when they burst out onto the roof. There was little up there besides the clear open sky that stretched out before them. The stars glittered and gleamed in the night sky despite the lights drifting up from the lights of U.A. The moon was absent, and few clouds dotted the night sky.
The stars had never looked so brightly.
"Mirio, I,"
Her breath was stolen from her when she saw ribbons of color dance across the sky, they were faint, barely there, nowhere near as intense as the Aurora Borealis were but subtle enough that they just made the whole world feel alive. They vanished as quickly as they came.
"Did you see them?" Mirio asked taking her over to the edge where a waist height railing prevented falling. He had a soft smile on his face that made her heart swell.
She nodded. "Yea, they're beautiful, what are they?"
"Miniature Aurora's, the sun's pretty active right now, and while we're not far enough north to see the big ones, you can still see the small ones with your magnetic sensitivity. It took a bit of research to find out when it was going to happen. Or if you could see it." He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and looked up at the night sky. "But, I really wanted to look at the stars with you."
She giggled looking between his face and the stars, watching as another wisp of purple slithered along the sky. "You really are just one big softy aren't you?"
"Of course! How else can I become a fine hero one day." He placed a thumb into his chest and took a deep breath of the cold night air, his eyes twinkling like one of the stars. "You know, I never did get an answer from you?"
"Answer? I agreed to your date didn't I?"
"True, but us guys still like to hear these things." He winked at her and she leaned in and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Shouldn't it be obvious by now? I like you. A whole lot."
She wanted to be with him for the rest of her life.
"Uhh, Izumi?"
"Yes?"
"Why is your butt glowing?"
"Oh god dammit!" She squeaked turning to see a third tail slowly grow out of her backside while she made angry fox noises.
AN: Woot! Another fic finished! I hope you all enjoyed this one, it was fun writing fem Izuku. Now to resist the urge to start a new fic... Follow the twitter. Donate to the Ko - Fi And stay cool! (And cool people review)